Simon Gilroy

24.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
152 papers, 17.8k citations indexed

About

Simon Gilroy is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Gilroy has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 17.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Plant Science, 77 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Simon Gilroy's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (84 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (49 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (45 papers). Simon Gilroy is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (84 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (49 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (45 papers). Simon Gilroy collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Simon Gilroy's co-authors include Jorge M. Vivanco, Harsh P. Bais, Laura G. Perry, Tiffany L. Weir, Tatiana N. Bibikova, Anthony Trewavas, Gabriele B. Monshausen, Elison B. Blancaflor, Siân Ritchie and Masatsugu Toyota and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Simon Gilroy

151 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

THE ROLE OF ROOT EXUDATES... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2006 2003 2018 2014 2016 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. THE ROLE OF ROOT EXUDATES IN RHIZOSPHERE INTERACTIONS WITH PLANTS AND OTHER ORGANISMS
    2006 3.1k citations Harsh P. Bais, Simon Gilroy et al. profile →
  2. Allelopathy and Exotic Plant Invasion: From Molecules and Genes to Species Interactions
    2003 834 citations Harsh P. Bais, Ramarao Vepachedu et al. Science profile →
  3. Glutamate triggers long-distance, calcium-based plant defense signaling
    2018 627 citations Masatsugu Toyota, Tong Zhang et al. Science profile →
  4. Salt stress-induced Ca 2+ waves are associated with rapid, long-distance root-to-shoot signaling in plants
    2014 499 citations Won‐Gyu Choi, Masatsugu Toyota et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. ROS, Calcium, and Electric Signals: Key Mediators of Rapid Systemic Signaling in Plants
    2016 427 citations Simon Gilroy, Nobuhiro Suzuki et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  6. A tidal wave of signals: calcium and ROS at the forefront of rapid systemic signaling
    2014 389 citations Simon Gilroy, Nobuhiro Suzuki et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Simon Gilroy 15.0k 7.6k 963 841 731 152 17.8k
Eduardo Blumwald 21.3k 1.4× 9.7k 1.3× 960 1.0× 625 0.7× 611 0.8× 217 24.8k
Hans J. Bohnert 20.2k 1.3× 12.3k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 535 0.6× 979 1.3× 248 25.0k
Sergey Shabala 26.8k 1.8× 7.4k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 330 0.4× 1.2k 1.7× 513 31.2k
Julian I. Schroeder 40.1k 2.7× 17.0k 2.2× 1.3k 1.3× 731 0.9× 455 0.6× 290 45.3k
Ray A. Bressan 25.4k 1.7× 14.9k 2.0× 984 1.0× 985 1.2× 481 0.7× 301 30.0k
Frank Van Breusegem 22.5k 1.5× 15.0k 2.0× 860 0.9× 957 1.1× 463 0.6× 197 28.9k
Ondřej Novák 15.8k 1.1× 9.0k 1.2× 1.6k 1.7× 443 0.5× 274 0.4× 424 18.9k
Rainer Hedrich 22.5k 1.5× 10.3k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 558 0.7× 332 0.5× 341 26.6k
Michael Palmgren 10.8k 0.7× 9.1k 1.2× 326 0.3× 947 1.1× 298 0.4× 199 17.2k
Daniel J. Cosgrove 20.3k 1.4× 9.2k 1.2× 700 0.7× 694 0.8× 196 0.3× 236 24.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Gilroy

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Gilroy. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Gilroy based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Simon Gilroy. Simon Gilroy is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Roeder, Adrienne, Yiting Shi, Shuhua Yang, et al.. (2025). Translational insights into abiotic interactions: From Arabidopsis to crop plants. The Plant Cell. 37(7). 1 indexed citations
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Bakshi, Arkadipta & Simon Gilroy. (2024). Calcium signaling in hypoxic response. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(1). 2 indexed citations
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Bakshi, Arkadipta, Won‐Gyu Choi, Su‐Hwa Kim, & Simon Gilroy. (2023). The vacuolar Ca2+ transporter CATION EXCHANGER 2 regulates cytosolic calcium homeostasis, hypoxic signaling, and response to flooding in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist. 240(5). 1830–1847. 19 indexed citations
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Barker, Richard, Colin P. S. Kruse, Christina M. Johnson, et al.. (2023). Meta-analysis of the space flight and microgravity response of the Arabidopsis plant transcriptome. npj Microgravity. 9(1). 21–21. 24 indexed citations
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Toyota, Masatsugu, Wolfgang Moeder, Kimberley Chin, et al.. (2021). CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED ION CHANNEL 2 modulates auxin homeostasis and signaling. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 187(3). 1690–1703. 29 indexed citations
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Hilleary, Richard, et al.. (2020). Tonoplast-localized Ca 2+ pumps regulate Ca 2+ signals during pattern-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(31). 18849–18857. 72 indexed citations
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Gilroy, Simon, et al.. (2019). Mutual interplay of Ca2+ and ROS signaling in plant immune response. Plant Science. 283. 343–354. 139 indexed citations
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Toyota, Masatsugu, et al.. (2018). Glutamate triggers long-distance, calcium-based plant defense signaling. Science. 361(6407). 1112–1115. 627 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hilleary, Richard, Won‐Gyu Choi, Su‐Hwa Kim, Sung Don Lim, & Simon Gilroy. (2018). Sense and sensibility: the use of fluorescent protein-based genetically encoded biosensors in plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 46. 32–38. 29 indexed citations
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Toyota, Masatsugu, Sam T. Mugford, Simon Gilroy, et al.. (2017). Real-time <em>In Vivo </em>Recording of <em>Arabidopsis</em> Calcium Signals During Insect Feeding Using a Fluorescent Biosensor. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 9 indexed citations
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Toyota, Masatsugu, et al.. (2017). Real-time <em>In Vivo </em>Recording of <em>Arabidopsis</em> Calcium Signals During Insect Feeding Using a Fluorescent Biosensor. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations
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Choi, Won‐Gyu, Masatsugu Toyota, Su‐Hwa Kim, Richard Hilleary, & Simon Gilroy. (2014). Salt stress-induced Ca 2+ waves are associated with rapid, long-distance root-to-shoot signaling in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(17). 6497–6502. 499 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gilroy, Simon, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Gad Miller, et al.. (2014). A tidal wave of signals: calcium and ROS at the forefront of rapid systemic signaling. Trends in Plant Science. 19(10). 623–630. 389 indexed citations breakdown →
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Monshausen, Gabriele B., Tatiana N. Bibikova, Manfred H. Weisenseel, & Simon Gilroy. (2009). Ca2+ Regulates Reactive Oxygen Species Production and pH during Mechanosensing in Arabidopsis Roots  . The Plant Cell. 21(8). 2341–2356. 302 indexed citations
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Monshausen, Gabriele B., Mark A. Messerli, & Simon Gilroy. (2008). Imaging of the Yellow Cameleon 3.6 Indicator Reveals That Elevations in Cytosolic Ca2+ Follow Oscillating Increases in Growth in Root Hairs of Arabidopsis    . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 147(4). 1690–1698. 193 indexed citations
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Monshausen, Gabriele B., Tatiana N. Bibikova, Mark A. Messerli, Cong Shi, & Simon Gilroy. (2007). Oscillations in extracellular pH and reactive oxygen species modulate tip growth of Arabidopsis root hairs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(52). 20996–21001. 325 indexed citations
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Vincent, Patrick W., Michael Chua, Fabien Nogué, et al.. (2005). A Sec14p-nodulin domain phosphatidylinositol transfer protein polarizes membrane growth of Arabidopsis thaliana root hairs. The Journal of Cell Biology. 168(5). 801–812. 174 indexed citations
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Li, Jisheng, Haibing Yang, Wendy Ann Peer, et al.. (2005). Arabidopsis H + -PPase AVP1 Regulates Auxin-Mediated Organ Development. Science. 310(5745). 121–125. 349 indexed citations
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Bais, Harsh P., Ramarao Vepachedu, Simon Gilroy, Ragan M. Callaway, & Jorge M. Vivanco. (2003). Allelopathy and Exotic Plant Invasion: From Molecules and Genes to Species Interactions. Science. 301(5638). 1377–1380. 834 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jones, DL, et al.. (1996). Effect of aluminum, oxidative, mechanical and anaerobic stress on cytoplasmic Ca2+ homeostatis in Arabidopsis root hairs. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 111(2). 78–78. 2 indexed citations

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